Device for measuring woven wire.



T. C. RUSH.

DEVICE FOR MEASURING WOVEN WIRE.

APPLICATION FILED JULYIT. 1915.

1, 172,052. Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

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T. C. RUSH.

DEVICE FOR MEASURING WOVEN WIRE.

APPLICATION FILED JULYIY, 1915.

1,172,052. Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

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DEVICE 'ron MEASURING woven WIRE .To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TURNER C. RUSH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lexington, in the county of Fayette and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and Improved Device for Measuring Woven Wire, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. f i

My invention while capable of use .for

particularly constructed. and arranged for measuring woven wire and is adapted to be arranged 1n connection with a stand equipped with a plurality of trays or rests to receive rolls of the wire cloth of varying widths, and if necessary, of varying mesh.

Thedistinguishing features of the invention and the novel structural elements enterand F ig. 6 is a fragmentary plan view showrolls of wire cloth; Fig. 2 is an end view;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged side view of the register, the casing of which is broken away; Fig. 4: is an enlarged side view of the actuatingwheel of the register; Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross section of the winding shaft;

ing a portion of the winding shaft.

My improved measuring device is adapted to be employed in connection with a stand 10,

the detail form of which obviously may vary. The stand is provided with traysor rests 11 for receiving rolls of wire cloth -indicated by the letter A. The traysll are preferably formed of curved slats or bars supported at the front on rods 11 and at ,theback secured to any convenient members of the frame or structure 10. Two vertical series of seats 11 are provided there being one series at each side of uprights 12 which are continued abovethe uppermost seats 11.

the edge of the cloth of that roll is engaged over the pins 19 on thewinding shaft 15 and .when said shaft is turned in the; proper di- On the standards 12 are secured transverse brackets or equivalent members. 13, which present in theirfupper edges, slots :14,

and provide bearings for awinding shaft 15, which thusranges lengthwise of the structureflOqabove the-uppermost seats 11. There are slots 1 1 at each/side of'thefstandar'ds 12 cloth from a roll; at -,eithr side rofithe standard as hereinafter particularly referred to. T J14;

The winding shaft 15 isprovidedwitli-any suitable means for turning the same, as,'for instance, acrank handle l6. At onelend: on

Specification of Feb,.15, Application filed July 17", 1915'. .:ser ia1 No.40,416.

sothat thesh-aft 15 may be shifted fromlone" set of bearings '"toithe; other atthe opposite side-for the purpose-of engaging; the .wire :69

the shaft is a ratchet'wheel 17-,'and on-the adjacent standard-12 isa pawl 18 to engage the V ratchet. The winding shaft 15- is equipped with, teeth 19 in suitable number forthe purpose of engaging the wire cloth A. The teeth .are pivoted by pins 20 or-the like; they are adapted to fold into transverseperipheral slots21 in the shaft or to positions with the ends of the pins projecting beyond the periphery of the shaft as in Fig. 5. The 7 formation ofthe inner end of each tooth 19 is such that it will contact with the bottom wall of the slot when-moved outward at a given angle and its further swinging in the outward direction bethus prevented.

With thedescribed construction it being desired to cut off a given length of wire cloth from any particular roll 'on thestructure 10,

rection, the cloth will be wound upon the shaft. The cloth'having been wound in the desired quantity to suit a purchaser and the wound cloth then severed from theroll, a slight reverse movement of the shaft 15.,will cause the teeth 19 to bedisengaged from the ,clo'th and folded within'the slots 21 so that thev cloth on the shaft may be slipped therefrom when the shaft is taken from itsbearings orfrom one of-them.

f In-order. to measure the clothjwound by the shaft 15 from a roll, I provide a register designated generally by;-the numeral V The said register is'provided at the upper purpose hereinafter (BXPlf-LJIlGdJ Aitranse versepm 29, or equivalent means, holds the end with a suitable means'for-swingingly mounting thesame. In the example shown,

arms 23 are provided which have a swing, mg movement on: a longitudinal rodv24 which; extends betweenthe standards 12 1 7 above theshaft 15. The standards may be braced by a top connecting bar 1 2?above the rod 24. Arms 23 carry'afcross head or a bar 25 at the lower ::ends,; on which-is a clamp arrangement being; such that the shank may be .givena partial turn about its axis for a shank 28-against dropping from the-head 25. Between arms 30 on; the-shank 28 is a which has'onits periphery radial teeth 31 "to engagei in ethe meshes of 'the cloth A 'Whereby as the shaft lfi winds the cloth "the eon. the traveling cloth will turn, the i said wheel 31.] Registering mechanismgofa suitableform is arranged to'be actuated by the wheel 31.

The preferred form of the registering mechanism is shown in Fig.3, and comprises elements as follows: On shaft 32to which the wheel 31 is keyed there is keyed the initial registering wheel'33 .which has a trip-tooth 34 adapted to contact for each revolution of the wheel with a lateral tooth or projection 35 ona lever 36 whichis' ful-' crumed at one end as at 37 in. the register casing- 38. never26' carries a pawl 39 which isinengagement With a ratchet wheel 40 on a counter shaft4l. IIl'fiXGCl relation: to

the ratchet wheel 40 soas to turn therewith,

is a dial 'ornuineral wheel 42, one number of which maybe viewed through an opening-43 in the casinge38; The arrangement is such that the wheel or dial 42 will be turned the distance of one tooth: on theflwheel '40 'ofigiven unit of' measurement, as," for instance,- one yard, thewrevolutionsof the measurin wheel 31, wi11i be indicated lsucc'essively at the opening 43. v

An alarm is provided to be sounded when the desired length of the material is wound on the Winding shaft; thuszthe dial 42 has atooth 44' at the periphery which is adapted to engage and trip an arm 45 on" theclapa per 47 of a bell 48, said clapper being pivotallymounted as at 46; l, The numeralwheel 42 may be manually turned to set" it for sounding the aIa'rm -Whenthe desired length of materia1' hasbeen' measured; For this purpose, any suitable means maybe: pro-- to theother according to, the position of the,

tend laterally jthrough-the casing 48, to

grasped by the fingersof thezvendert p The lever 36'is undertheinfiuence of area) tractile spring 49i tendingto turn the same after movement by the tooth 34. ,Alsjo; chef- 0 1 gagement, of the measuring wheel 31- jwithi qs plate126 secured by suitable fastenerssuch f as screws 27, Aishanlr28v carryingregister} ingmechanism'is held by the clamp 26; the

the material A and the; described 'fconstrucw tion provides for suchgravitational engages;

the register is engagingcloth from a rolllat; 0 g

the left of the standards "12;; It it'i's' desired L to measure a length of, cloth; from a roll at I the righthand side .of the 'standards thenm the shaft 15 is shifted: fromthe left slots :14: a to those at the right; while"the shaft'itwillii135 be seen,,can.1be"disp1aced to=permit the reg; ister to swing throughzan arc'from' the left 1 of the standards to a position at th'e right and the register-may be slid longitudinally f onthe rod 24 to position: theregister'cen-1 90-; trally on the stretch of cloth, regardless ofi? thewidth of the latten I When the register is swung from the left; to the right of the standards 12,.the swivel-ed connection of the "shank "28 "with the head g 25 will permit the. register to' be turned through an angle transverse to the planez oii? rotation of the wheel, 31 in order that the; direction of iturning', of the wheeliby the" material will not be changed L- 7 Having thus described" my inventiong l claim as new; and desire to secure by'Liet p ters Patent: 7 V r g 1. A measuring. device for sheet material,

including a structure i having supports fat-1:051; V

opposite'sides to receive rolled sheet innate-h rial, a winding shaft 'there being; bearings on the structure at opposite sides thereof"? to receivethe shaft; and position the same-1 relatively to the respective supports; fo'r' ith'e E1 10, 3 material, a reglster, a member carrying said it register said member being pivoted ion: the structure and movable on its pivot toicarry V the register from; one sideof the structure 1' shaft, the said registeriincluding jaimeasuigg, ing member to be engaged and-"actuated the sheet material as the latter is wound one a the shaift, and means connecting-the register} or with :the pivoted member 7 and adapted to F1 20 permit reversal of "theregister toaccordwith the direction of movement: of the clot-11.1. p .2. A measuring; device comprising, a'struc-;

time having supports at opposite: sides there of to receive rolls of sheet materialand jhav-sam 7 ing shaft-bearingsi on: 'oppositesides s oirithe 4' struct1'1re, a winding; shaft adapted ito, ;be a, Shiftedjbfi the bearings at either side; a piv; otallymounted registeridevice on, said struc r ture ada-pted to gravitationally engage-the ;1 30

material on the windingshaft, the said regname to this speeificationin the presence of ister being pivoted to be swung ,to elther. two subscribing itnesses. side of the structure to engage material at either side and being mounted on an axis TURNER CLAY RUSH 5 to turn through an angle transverse to the Witnesses: plane of rotation of the registering Wheel. G. R. COMES,-

In testimony whereof I have signed my A. L. CALHOUNi Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the (Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G. 

